Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Persons who bring into France a vehicle that is not normally based in France or in a State referred to in article L. 211-4 must comply with the insurance obligation if they are in possession of a valid international insurance card known as a “green card”. The international insurance card is issued in the name of a bureau set up to issue insurance certificates in accordance with the formula adopted…

Persons who are not in possession of one of the documents provided for in section IV of this chapter, or of the international insurance card referred to in article R. 211-22 must, in order to be allowed to drive a vehicle in France which is not normally based in France or in a State referred to in article L. 211-4, have taken out special insurance known as “frontier insurance”. Frontier…

Frontier insurance is taken out either with an insurance undertaking approved for civil liability insurance of motor land vehicles, or with the “Frontier Insurance” co-insurance group managed by the French central office. The taking out of this insurance is recorded, subject to payment of the corresponding premium, by a certificate, the model for which is laid down by the French central office. When the insurance is taken out with the…

In the case of vehicles belonging to a foreign State, the evidence provided for in article R. 211-23 may be replaced by the production of a certificate stating that the vehicle belongs to that State and designating the authority or body responsible for repairing the damage on behalf of that State. The certificate must state that the State to which the vehicle belongs guarantees the settlement, waives its immunity from…

As regards the vehicles mentioned in articles R. 211-22 and R. 211-25, the presumption of insurance results from the production either of one of the documents provided for in section IV of this chapter, or of a valid international insurance card, or of a document proving that frontier insurance has been taken out, or of the certificate provided for in article R. 211-25.

The provisions of articles R. 211-23 to R. 211-26 do not apply to persons who bring into France vehicles that are normally based in the territory of a State, other than France, referred to in article L. 211-4. Nor do they apply to persons bringing into France vehicles from the European Community, the Holy See, San Marino or Monaco which are normally based in the territory of a third country.